Prof. Wellmann starts second term as president of the E-MRS
The term of Prof. Dr. Peter Wellmann (professor on electronic materials at the Materials Department 6) as president of the European Materials Research Society EMRS (www.european-mrs.com) has been prolongated on May 15th, 2020 for another year. His 2nd mandate will start on September 1st, 2020 and last until August 31st, 2021.
Founded in 1983, the European Materials Research Society (E-MRS) now has more than 4,000 members from industry, government, academia and research laboratories, who meet regularly to debate recent technological developments of functional materials.
The E-MRS differs from many single-discipline professional societies by encouraging scientists, engineers and research managers to exchange information on an interdisciplinary platform, and by recognizing professional and technical excellence by promoting awards for achievement from student to senior scientist level. As an adhering body of the International Union of Materials Research Societies (IUMRS), the E-MRS enjoys and benefits from very close relationships with other Materials Research organizations elsewhere in Europe and around the world.
Each year, E-MRS organizes, co-organizes, sponsors or co-sponsors numerous scientific events and meetings. The major society conference, the E-MRS Spring Meeting, is organized every year in May or June and offers on average 25 topical symposia. It is widely recognized as being of the highest international significance and is the greatest of its kind in Europe with about 2,500 attendees every year. Each symposium publishes its own proceedings that document the latest experimental and theoretical understanding of material growth and properties, the exploitation of new advanced processes, and the development of electronic devices that can benefit best from the outstanding physical properties of functional materials.
As a representative of a large number of scientists and engineers, E-MRS places key topics in the fields of research and innovation among decision makers of the European Union in Brussels.